Design
Designing a Cross-Functional Team Structure for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Your task is to design a cross-functional team structure and provide a change implementation plan. Success means a structure that reduces handoffs, empowers teams, and preserves the brand's creative culture. Constraints: no layoffs, must involve at least 3 departments, and must include a plan for managing inevitable conflicts. Deliverables include a team design blueprint, a decision-making framework, a conflict resolution protocol, and a 3-month rollout plan.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
How should the sustainable fashion brand restructure into cross-functional teams to improve collaboration and speed without losing its creative and ethical identity?
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply organizational design principles (e.g., Galbraith's Star Model) to a real company
- Design cross-functional teams that balance specialization and integration
- Develop conflict resolution mechanisms appropriate for creative teams
- Plan a change process that respects organizational culture and values
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